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December 14, 2006

Supercrap Single #1 / Tadx7koma


As soon as I got my new old DX7 home, I plugged it right in and started recording it.

I'll just provide some specific notes about this track:

1. All sounds are made by the DX7, with no processing at all except volume level adjustment and panning, and a touch of reverb at the end. The drums were made by my Nord Micro Modular.

2. All 32 of the original patches in the synth were used, I flipped between them. What's really odd is that by about midnight that same night, some had dissappeared. I think the battery in the synth's internal memory is malfunctioning. For example: preset #14 was a short pitched drum sound, which you can hear me tapping out a rhythm on at the end of the recording. But two hours later, #14 was a 'normal' synth sound. Also, patches 29-32 worked fine while tracking this, but by the end of the night, they were all blank / silent. Wierd.

3. This isn't supposed to really be a song, so much as a document of the good vibes you get when playing a synth you just bought. Take a listen. The sounds are surprisingly good, although undoubtedly cliched.

4. In the japanese language, the number seven is pronounced 'chi.'


Listen to 32Patches.MP3 - 4 MB

7 comments:

Ingo said...

Congrats on the purchase, tachi.
I own a rack version of the dx7,
its a hell to program it, but it
can produce very dynamic sounds.

Stabbington McChopper said...

Yeah, I own the 4-operator FB-01 (it's currently living with The Boats), which is crammed full of FM presets. The DX7 does sound very warm, and the keyboard is quite playable, too. What I wanted it for was just to have a full-ish sized keyboard to play with, and it really delivered. Glad I didn't buy a Casio elepian for 3 times as much :)

Anonymous said...

I thought 7 in Japanese is "nana" or "shi chi". But "chi" is 7 in chinese for sure so u are close ;)

Stabbington McChopper said...

yes you are correct that in japanese, "shi chi" is 7. but in some compounds, this is shortened to just "chi". the "chinese" pronounciation of a character often appears in japanese punning/slang/various bullshit. hell, i live in Taiwan now, no wonder I get 'em confused....

the boats said...

you have arrows for arms.

Unknown said...

his Smile is an arrow as well.

Stabbington McChopper said...

Those arrows show the midi flowing out of my arms and into the synth-hole. Also, the midi sometimes flows around my face as well.